Names meaning Waterfall
103 months ago
There are several naming conventions for waterfalls used in Britain and Ireland, as a result of our rich history of languages. For today, I am going to confine myself to waterfall words, ignoring the various rapids, cascades, and weirs that are not quite waterfalls. In that I am going to let centuries of forebears lead the way and follow the names they have chosen.
Very few waterfalls are called 'Waterfall'. Those that are are frequently artificially created, like this one in Jesmond...